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WW Kb Cf Don Harron and Catherine McKinnon in Same Time Next Year the play still needs lot of work before it can be called success Photo by ProColor Photographic Services Perform ers mis takes hide good production By STEPHEN GAVE The Examiner Theres an excellent produc tion hiding somewhere inside the Gryphon Theatres second play of the season Same Time Next Year but judging from Mondays opening night at Georgian College the play still needs great deal of work before the performances by Don Harron and Catherine McKinnon can be described as successful The Bernard Slade comedy about 25year extramarital affair between George and Doris deftly exploits neat gimmick the couple pursues the affair by meeting one weekend year at California motel We see the couple at fiveyear intervals As the play progresses George and Doris change sometimes drama tically and its through this progression that we learn about their lives their spouses and the way the love affair provides them with temporary escape from the frustrations of main riedlife Slades script is fast and fun ny but it took Harron and McKiiinon close to 40 minutes to build the kind of momentum necessary to hold the different scenes together The first two scenes set in 1951 and 1956 were shaky and uneven The play didnt start to come alive until near the end of the first act when an impotent George helps pregnant Doris deliver baby in the motel room CONFLICT SLIIE The first two scenes of the se cond act were easily the best in the play When Doris plays hip py to Georges libriumpopping businessman the sudden con flict between the characters provides the best dramatic moments of the play And the next scene with George transformed into mellow Oro residents upsetcouncH Oro ouncil is fed up with the number of nontownship residents using Memorial Park in Station for free and agreed Monday to tighten restrictions allowing them in From now on ratepayers in the township and members of their families living with them will be allowed in tree as usual but their illltsts will have to pa ouncil made the decision to enforce new restrictions after ounc harlic Sanderson pointed out that sccral ratepayers were abusing the privilege of bringing guests by car Ratepayers are given sticker for their cars which identifies them and allows them access to the park but some seem to think the sticker entitles them to bring in as many people as they like ounc Sanderson said The councillor said one ratepayer brought in three loads of guests in pickup truck last Sunday deliberately taking advantage of his privilege of bringing in non paying guests If everybtxiy would play the game there would be no pro blcni ounc Sanderson said but there is always someone who spoils it for others touncil needed tighter restrictions to back us up iii such cases he said While ratepayers and tenants renting in the township will continue to be allowed in free all nonresidents including tucsts will now have to pay cept children under five pianoplayer and Doris chang ed into an uptight businesswoman found Harron and McKinnon handling their roles with complete confidence The play only works if the comic timing is precise and if the changes George and Doris go through are convincing liar rons timing and delivery were usually effective but because little effort was made to show him aging from 25 to 50 much of the impact of his character was reduced McKinnon on the other hand changed from young woman to middleaged matron much more convincingly But the singer had trouble with many of her lines McKinnons weaknesses may have been due to opening night nervousness but some of her funniest lines came across as stilted jokes delivered awkwardly Harron too often forced his lines George particularly as young man is neurotic and insecure liar but Harron played the part so broadly he destroyed the subtleties of the role As George got older Har ron seemed more comfortable with the role He handled his most dramatic scene er telling Doris his son has died in Vieta iiam well highlighting the plays most moving moment FIII1IFTEN Unfortunately the plays strong moments were outweighed by the weaker moments Too often Harron and McKinnon failed to master the timing and coordination essen tial to the plays success Too often one performer slid out of character just as the other was most convincing By the time Same Time Next Year reaches Toronto on July 27 suspect Harron and McKinnon will have corrected many of the weaknesses of the product ion Local audiences who can see the play at the college through to Saturday will have to show more patience as the two performers come to terms with the problem in the play funding problems identified YOuth institutions promised more By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner report that listed funding as the major problem among many facing 63 childrens and youth institutions in Ontario has resulted in budget in crease of 20 per cent for 197980 total of $78 million will be madeavailable including the additional funds to aid the pro cess of upgrading programs and facilities help wipe out deficits that have plagued the institutions and increase wages for staff Twothirds of the 63 institu tions had combined operating deficit of $600000 for the year 197879 The review of the two acts governing the institutions is one step in ministry of social and community services plan to consolidate all legislation affec ting childrens services under one act Initiated during 1975 the final step is still several years away Prepared by Peter Turner of the ministry the report lists problems faced by the various institutions that provide variety of services for children who are having social or per sonal difficulties The ministry is moving on the key recommendations Turner told The Examiner Monday He also said the report was submitted to minister Keith Norton during January to allow him time to study the pro posals before it was made public early this month The establishing of regional childrens services offices that should limit bureaucratic tangle and improve com munications between institu tions and the ministry is ma jor recommendation of the report and already under way Capable of handling some 1300 young people the 63 in stitutions are entitled to grants totalling 80 per cent of their budgets but in reality have been receiving only 65 per cent on average In total there are some 500 institutions serving children throughout Ontario that fall under terms laid out in several legislative acts monitored by several ministries including community and social services County directors Optimistic about minis try report It will be some time before the results of report detailing the problems of 63 childrens and youth institutions are known but the directors of two Simcoe County agencies are op timistic Funding was listed as the key difficulty in the report com missioned by the provincial ministry of community and social services and changes in the system of distributing grant money are expected Circle Boys Han chCookstown is one of the 63 institutions governed under terms of the Childrens Institu tions Act or the Charitable In stitutions Act and while its financial condition is stable director Bob Thompson said the report in general could prove valuable Richmond House for girls rillia has suffered deficits in each of the past few years and according to the report its stability has been jeopardized It sounds fairly reasonable Richmond House director Mary Forbes said of the report Monday But it will take year before we know what affect it might have cant see how this can be anything but an improvement over the present system she said To Thompson the key word is accountability He said the report which recommends im provements in accounting and costforecasting methods will aid institutions in increasing their efficiency He also said changes in the funding mechanism would make the ministry more accountable to the institutions The first substantial result of the report was an immediate increase in grants by 20 per cent over year ago for total of $78 million in 197980 an nounced earlier this month the day the report was released by minister Keith Norton The report also concluded that two thirds of the institu tions had cumulative deficit of some $600000 for the year just ended and that the majori ty have staff who are under paid see it as very positive thing if it all works out its all moving very slowly Thomp son said Lewis to join caucus Federal MP Doug Lewis tPCSimcoeNorth has been asked by Prime Minister Joe Clark to join the partys caucus committee responsible for economic development policy The committee will develop proposals for the federal governments legislative program in the forthcoming ses sion of parliament Lewis 41 an Orillia lawyer said the appointment would allow him to express at national level his constituents viewpoints on economic development He said meetings that he held with various sectors of the ridings economic community in June will be particularly useful because of the input received from the par ticipants Barrie wants to meet treasurer Barrie general committee has recommended council re quest meeting with the Ontario treasurer regarding the distrubition of unconditional grants And administrative recommendation presented Monday says it is unfair because Barrie is receiving the lowest unconditional municipalities per capita grant of all Ontario urban Barrie gets the lowest assistance grant of municipalities surveyed said administrator Gerry Tamblyn in written report to the committee It is difficult to understand the city of Barrie is the richest urban municipality in Ontario says Tamblyn Daylight time extension wanted Barrie general committee has recommended approval of Hawkesbury suggestion that April be added to the daylight saving time period Hawkesbury is putting the recommendation to minister of energy Perhaps in the interest of conserving energy it might be tried for at least one year says Ben Straughan city clerk in written report to council Improvements in methods of forecaSting costs accounting ministry PeISOImEL described maintaining financial records procedures and inspections by So rou ne otive as infrequent and without today the examiner Tuesday July 17 1979 vigor are also recommend ed Shirley blasts citizens Ald Jim Shirley blasted the Association of Barrie citizens during Barrie general com mittee session Monday The alderman said the group while trying to block revitaliza tion has actually sat back and done nothing The result said the alder man is the group is providing negative attitude towards Barrie Ald Shirley grilled James Shapiro association treasurer during deputation at which petition signed by 1001 Barrie residents was submitted The residents all tax payers are opposed to the downtown improvement pro Time to register ject because of the areas loca tion Shariro presented no formal address but Ald Shirley ques tioned him about numerous parts of the three page brief You dont deem this to be viable project questioned the Barrie alderman Where do you suggest we locate it Nows the time to register for fall classes at Wilfrid Laurier University cam puses in Simcoe County in Barrie classes are offered at Eostview Secon dary School and courses are mainly in the business and social science field Above Kerina Elliot representative from the main universi ty campus in Waterloo shows Margaret Williams of Barrie brochure There are also campuses in Midhurst Midland Collin Examiner Photo gwood Orillia and Penetonguishene Major store needed downtown Stephens Ald Ross Stephens will not support the downtown improve ment project without major department store The comments came during Barrie general committee discussion Monday at which the committee recommended approval of zoning bylaw for the project The seeder project will not start if major store is not found the Barrie alderman said dont think 30 stores of varying magnitude will ac complish what we want he said He said it seemed council was putting the cart before the horse in the improvement pro ject procedure Council was getting the zon ing for the project changed and heading towards an Ontario Municipal Board OMB hear ing without shred of comlt mitment from the major stores he said It could be futile exer cise he said Ald Alex Arthur did not agree He said that while Ald Stephens had valid points no store will come to Barrie in the middle of quarrel between the city and group of citizens He said the major store would shy away until the entire dispute is settled When major department stores want to set up an outlet said Mayor Ross Archer they want to do so in reasonably short period They are not interested in something down the road said the mayor as they are be ing wooed by practically every municipality in Canada with population over 25000 The mayor says the project is bit of gamble If any of us are losing faith we should deal with it now he said But general committee pass ed the bylaw which goes to council Monday It will then go to the OMB which is likely to call hearing into the project When Shapiro didnt answer to Aid Shirleys satisfaction the alderman accused the association of having loose attitude Ald Fred Ruemper also took the opportunity to ask few questions of the association in cluding how they were getting their funding The alderman said he was asking the ques tions in answer to inquiry by some Barrie residents The source of questionining did not sit well with Ald Meg ODonal Some council member were condescending and in some cases rude during the deputa tion said Ald ODonal She said that such an attitude would not help to encourage others who may want to make deputations before council But Mayor Ross Archer said nothing had happened out of the ordinary at the meeting He said council had acted responsibly because its one of the largest projects the city is undertaking If things are not accurate in the brief its their duty to clear the air he said Autopsy results expected today CREEMORE Final autopsy results are expected this week in the investigation of the July fire in which four local boys perished while camping in bush area west of the village The Centre of Forensic Pathology is trying to deter mine how the boys died Police said those test results should arrive at the Stayner Provincial Police detach ment this week The Ontario Fire Mar shals Office has not deter mined what caused the fire charitable fund set up in the boys honor has received $1600 Jack Lemmon assis tant village clerk said dona tions will be accepted at the village municipal office for the rest of the week Stephen Price 14 Calvin Hare 12 John Gabriel 12 and Stephen McLeod 11 died when fire dstroyed the cedarpole but where they were camping Courses child abuse part may go ahead despite delay It is mechanically possible for the child abuse portion of the human relations program to be fieldtested even if the balance of the program is not ready by September says the Simcoe County Board of Educa tions superintendent of cir riculum While the boards administra tion has not examined the possibility and it hopes the en tire program will be revised and reviewed by September Dr Robert Thomas said the child abuse program could be offered separately Simcoe County committee which using government funds has helped the board develop the child abuse compo nent and ministry plans call for it to become model for other programs on child abuse In letter to the board the committee said fieldtesting of that se ment must continue in Scptem er and run full school year if it is to be properly analyzed At its June 27 meeting the board cancelled the field testing pending revision of the human relations program and review by trustees It also postponed indefinitely full implementation of the pro gram that had been scheduled for the fall examiner girl Sensuous Sonya attests to the abundance of at tractive beauties bathing on the beaches of Bar rie She will attend Sheridan College Oakville in the fall and hopes to become fashion designer Watch out Paris and New York Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu